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Rainforest XPrize Finalists 

Team NATURAL STATE and team 'Welcome to the Jungle' are currently competing in the finals of the Rainforest XPrize, a global 5-year, $10 million competition that brings together cross-disciplinary teams to collaborate on the world's most urgent moonshots. ​

 

Our team includes conservationists, Indigenous scientists, engineers, roboticists, and others - to use novel technologies to document and protect tropical biodiversity.

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

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Nature Finance recognises NATURAL STATE among African entities investing in nature

There are more than 30 biodiversity credit projects emerging across Africa, among them NATURAL STATE.

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Hosting a Google Machine Learning for Birds Contest

NATURAL STATE teamed up with Google and Cornell University to identify Eastern African bird species by sound through a machine learning competition. NATURAL STATE will test the developed algorithms at the Kenya research station. 

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Partnering with Social Carbon to Revolutionise Nature-Based Solutions

NATURAL STATE collaborates with the Social Carbon Foundation to develop a first-of-its-kind environmental asset, Nature Stewardship Credits. 

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Advancing Nature Recovery in Kenya with Oxford University

NATURAL STATE and the Leverhulme Center for Natural Recovery at Oxford University to  co-fund postdoctoral researchers to increase our understanding of nature recovery.  

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NATURAL STATE Joins Illinois Tech at XPRIZE Rainforest Competition

Along with Purdue University, The Morton Arboretum, and Indigenous communities to collaborate to advance biodiversity monitoring and data collection.

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Using the Natural World to Remove Carbon

We are inches away from triggering a massive-scale forest restoration carbon market; therefore, there has never been a greater opportunity to invest in forest restoration than now.

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2023 Annual Report

There has never been a greater opportunity or a more important time to restore the natural world. Check out our 2023 Annual Report.

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Space for Nature

NATURAL STATE teamed up with Google and Cornell University to identify Eastern African bird species by sound through a machine learning competition. NATURAL STATE will test the developed algorithms at the Kenya research station. 

Image by Gabriel Schumacher

Survey Finds Overhelming Support for Conservation

Jonathan Baillie's insights into a National Geographic survey of 12,000 adults in 12 countries, revealed overwhelming support for conservation, as well as knowledge gaps in subjects like extinction rates.

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Saving Africa's Tigers

NATURAL STATE joins the Tiger Conservation Coalition, bringing together leading biologists and experts in wildlife crime, human-wildlife coexistence, policy, finance, development and communications, with unprecedented alignment on achieving tiger conservation at scale. 

Natural State, Where Science and Women Thrive

NATURAL STATE is proud to champion women in science and conservation. See how we're investing in women to find innovative solutions for a healthier planet.

Natural State in Action

NATURAL STATE works hand in hand with communities to raise awareness about climate change, discover solutions together, and restore the natural world.

FEATURED VIDEOS

The Maasai's Sustainable Connection with Nature 

Through captivating storytelling and personal anecdotes, Dickson More, a proud Maasai and expert at NATURAL STATE takes us on a journey through time, showcasing how fundamental principles of environmental protection and coexistence with nature have been passed down by his forefathers and have shaped the Maasai way of life for thousands of years.

NATURAL STATE in Northern Kenya

NATURAL STATE field team member, Kisiidi Maiyani, has witnessed significant environmental changes in Northern Kenya. Watch as he explains the impact of these changes and how NATURAL STATE is committed to contributing to the restoration of the landscape.

Wildlife Ranger Challenge 2024

For the past four years, NATURAL STATE has supported the Wildlife Ranger Challenge, an annual celebration of solidarity, connection and camaraderie for the ranger profession. Join the Challenge. 

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